Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has acquired Nekoosa, a manufacturer of specialty paper and film products used in the graphics and commercial print markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade. Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland says: “Today’s decision to increase interest rates will be felt
Lowell, a European credit management services provider backed by the Permira funds and The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is to create the second largest credit management services company in Europe through the acquisition of the carve-out business from Intrum. The carve-out comprises Lindorff’s entire business in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund has reached an agreement with Neue Verlagsgesellschaft, a subsidiary of BurdaDirect, to acquire Debitor Inkasso, a German provider of mass debt collection services, focused on recovering overdue claims and debts on behalf of its customers. Founded in 1977, Debitor Inkasso offers
Private equity investor Mid Europa Partners is to acquire Hortex Group from funds advised by Argan Capital. Hortex is a leading consumer goods player in Poland, with a strong brand and heritage in the juice and frozen food sectors. The Transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance, and is
Stage Capital (Stage), a private equity and real estate investor backed by funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Glendower Capital, has sold three assets totalling over EUR350 million in value. In total, the firm – which spun out from NBGI in October 2016 – has now realised 84
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, parent company of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, has completed the acquisition of Quadrant Capital Management (Quadrant). Founders Jeff Fisher and Jim Kearney will remain as Chairman and President, respectively, of the new Peapack-Gladstone Bank subsidiary – Quadrant Capital Management. Their entire team of accomplished employees will remain with Quadrant and
Dow Schofield Watts’ technology advised on a GBP5.5 million fundraising by Manchester-based Hello Soda, a global text and big data analytics service. NVM Private Equity has invested GBP4 million in the business alongside an additional GBP1.5 million venture debt facility from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s Growth Finance team. David
Crestline Investors, a credit focused institutional alternative asset manager, has closed its third Opportunity Fund (Opportunity Fund III). Opportunity Fund III, and related managed accounts, secured over USD1.34 billion in capital commitments, exceeding the fundraising objective. Investors in the strategy include leading public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance
Valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps is to be acquired by a company backed by private equity firm Permira in a USD1.75 billion deal. Selling equity holders include The Carlyle Group, Neuberger Berman, the University of California’s Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents and Pictet
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